The future of climate change post-Brexit

Looking to the future post-Brexit, the International Energy Agency estimates that replacing Europe’s ageing energy infrastructure and transforming the system to enable de-carbonisation will cost £700bn. Meanwhile, the UK Government estimates that between 2015-2021 domestic infrastructure investment will cost £274bn.

According to the European Commission, regional coordination is considered crucial to tackling climate change and leading global de-carbonisation efforts. As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, a new model for cooperation will be built. This breakfast meeting will:

Explore how new relationships with the European Union to tackle climate change may function

Discuss where responsibility for climate change enforcement standards will reside in UK Government

Consider the impact of Brexit on projects aiming to increase continent-wide interconnection, such as the North Sea Electricity Free Trade Area.